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African Blue Note is a New York City based group that has been performing in clubs and festivals for over ten years. It is co-led with a repertoire including original as well as popular songs made famous by some of Africa's most well known musical artists.

ABN was a pioneering group in a movement in the early 1990's in New York which spawned many other African music groups and has further developed and exposed the relationship between African and American musical styles.

Each member of ABN has performed and recorded with numerous African music stars, including Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, Papa Wembe, Oumou Sangare, Ismael Lo and Andre-Marie Tala, to name a few. The guitarist, Martin Atangana, was also one of the players Paul Simon used on his famous crossover album "Rhythm of The Saints".

The founding members of African Blue Note are drummer JoJo Kuo from Cameroun, bassist Mamadou Ba from Senegal, guitarist Martin Atangana from Cameroun, keyboardist Azouhouni Adou from Cote D'Ivoire and trumpet/flugelhorn player Todd Horton from the U.S.

The players on this recording are:

Todd Horton - trumpet/flugelhorn
Martin Atangana - guitar
Azouhouni Adou - keyboards
Mamadou Ba - bass
Aaron Johnston - drums
Alioune Faye - djembe/sabar

Produced and engineered by Todd Horton